Mining Incidents

JOLO MINE Coal

CHAD COAL CORP · Underground
Controlled by James Taylor; Coy Taylor
Jolo, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609129

JOLO MINE has $115K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
305
citations
82
significant & substantial
$114,537
proposed penalties
$99,237
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
55
inspections on record
2,991
inspection hours
10.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
305 citations across 2,991 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

JOLO MINE has $115K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$115K
proposed penalties
$99K
current assessed
$99K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
302 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at JOLO MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.78 mg/m3 (88% compliant) across 486 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.78
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.45
dust max (mg/m3)
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
486
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-02-07.
Silica (quartz)
4.9
silica avg (%)
12.9
silica max (%)
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-05-23.
Noise
3%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-06-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 1 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 1,495 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,492 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,489 19 5 3461.5
2012 Q3 5,599 21 10 3750.7
2012 Q2 9,332 18 4 1928.8
2012 Q1 8,047 17 7 2112.6
2011 Q4 7,621 32 5 4198.9
2011 Q3 8,160 19 6 2328.4
2011 Q2 7,391 22 11 2976.6
2011 Q1 8,889 12 4 1350.0
2010 Q4 8,127 8 3 984.4
2010 Q3 8,453 4 0 473.2
2010 Q2 8,782 4 0 455.5
2010 Q1 9,735 7 0 719.1
2009 Q4 8,281 5 0 603.8
2009 Q3 10,217 4 1 391.5
2009 Q2 12,445 21 5 1687.4
2009 Q1 10,307 13 4 1261.3
2008 Q4 11,426 16 6 1400.3
2008 Q3 12,786 5 0 391.1
2008 Q2 13,663 10 0 731.9
2008 Q1 11,003 22 4 1999.5
2007 Q4 8,879 16 6 1802.0
2007 Q3 6,882 1 0 145.3
2007 Q2 8,293 5 1 602.9
2007 Q1 5,647 2 0 354.2
2006 Q4 5,042 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2009 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chad Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

Operator went across hump going to miner got head into top and shuttle car

May 15, 2009 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Chad Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall has occurred on the #2 section ( MMU 002-0) The fall was 42 inches thick, 17 feet wide and 22 feet long in the #4 right crosscut at survey station #853.(Narrative per Violation No. 8070199)

2007 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2007 WV · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chad Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

Two employees were installing air lock doors for the new 002 section. One had cut off a section of metal from the bottom of the door exposing a hot sharp point of metal. He tripped and fell on the metal causing a puncture wound to his upper left leg.

May 10, 2007 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chad Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & superintendent were installing track rail when inj. EE flipped over a section of track rail & caught his finger lacerating the tip of finger. Required stitches.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.